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CEGL004694 Fraxinus pennsylvanica - Populus heterophylla - Ulmus americana - (Quercus texana) Floodplain Forest
Type Concept Sentence: No Data Available
Common (Translated Scientific) Name: Green Ash - Swamp Cottonwood - American Elm - (Nuttall Oak) Floodplain Forest
Colloquial Name: Macon Ridge Green Ash Pond
Hierarchy Level: Association
Type Concept: This association is only known from ponds on Macon Ridge in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of northeastern Louisiana. The canopy is generally closed and consists of Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Populus heterophylla, with lesser amounts of Ulmus americana (mostly in the less flooded portions), Quercus texana, and Acer rubrum var. drummondii. Typical shrubs are Styrax americanus, Cephalanthus occidentalis, and Ilex decidua. These ponds occur in depressions in an upland ridge and do not receive alluvial flooding.
Diagnostic Characteristics: No Data Available
Rationale for Nominal Species or Physiognomic Features: No Data Available
Classification Comments: These ponds were originally mentioned in Public Land Survey Records of the early 19th century and referred to as "spicewood ponds." They are a potential habitat for Lindera melissifolia.
Similar NVC Types: No Data Available
note: No Data Available
Physiognomy and Structure: No Data Available
Floristics: The canopy of this association is generally closed and consists of Fraxinus pennsylvanica and Populus heterophylla, with lesser amounts of Ulmus americana (mostly in the less flooded portions), Quercus texana, and Acer rubrum var. drummondii. Typical shrubs are Styrax americanus, Cephalanthus occidentalis, and Ilex decidua.
Dynamics: These ponds occur in depressions in an upland ridge and do not receive alluvial flooding.
Environmental Description: This association is only known from ponds on Macon Ridge in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of northeastern Louisiana. These ponds occur in depressions in an upland ridge and do not receive alluvial flooding.
Geographic Range: This association is only known from ponds on Macon Ridge in the Mississippi River Alluvial Plain of northeastern Louisiana.
Nations: US
States/Provinces: AR?, LA
Plot Analysis Summary:
http://vegbank.org/natureserve/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.689346
Confidence Level: Low - Poorly Documented
Confidence Level Comments: No Data Available
Grank: G2?
Greasons: No Data Available
| Type | Name | Database Code | Classification Code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Class | 1 Forest & Woodland Class | C01 | 1 |
| Subclass | 1.B Temperate & Boreal Forest & Woodland Subclass | S15 | 1.B |
| Formation | 1.B.3 Temperate Flooded & Swamp Forest Formation | F026 | 1.B.3 |
| Division | 1.B.3.Nb Southeastern North American Flooded & Swamp Forest Division | D062 | 1.B.3.Nb |
| Macrogroup | 1.B.3.Nb.4 Swamp Chestnut Oak - Bald-cypress - Pecan Southern Floodplain Forest Macrogroup | M031 | 1.B.3.Nb.4 |
| Group | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b Green Ash - American Elm - Black Willow Floodplain Forest Group | G759 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
| Alliance | A3709 American Elm - Cedar Elm - Sugarberry West Gulf Coastal Plain Floodplain Forest Alliance | A3709 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
| Association | CEGL004694 Green Ash - Swamp Cottonwood - American Elm - (Nuttall Oak) Floodplain Forest | CEGL004694 | 1.B.3.Nb.4.b |
Concept Lineage: No Data Available
Predecessors: No Data Available
Obsolete Names: No Data Available
Obsolete Parents: No Data Available
Synonomy: No Data Available
- Southeastern Ecology Working Group of NatureServe. No date. International Ecological Classification Standard: International Vegetation Classification. Terrestrial Vegetation. NatureServe, Durham, NC.